belabor

Example Sentences

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The reason to belabor this point is that precision matters.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Villarreal: Not to belabor this point, but I want to talk more seriously about what “over there” does involve for you.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

There’s no need to belabor the point: The possible comparisons are nearly infinite and defy neutral principles of evaluation.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024

“I think we came together as a region and realized that the investment wasn’t producing the results that we had hoped collectively, and we didn’t belabor the point.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Yea, & the Rest, who will line up Tomorrow & belabor my Quill, tho’ they hear this Missive is already sent.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson